Christy Criswell Wiegand at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania · Federal
- Judicial service
- September 11, 2020–present
Christy Criswell Wiegand
Judge · U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Available research
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Biography
Professional career
- Project Safe Childhood Task Force Member, United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018-2020
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division's Major Crimes Unit, United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018-2020
- Instructor, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013-2013
- Deputy Chief of the Office's Civil Division, United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013-2018
- Professional Responsibility Officer, United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007-2020
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil Division, United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004-2018
- Antitrust and Trade Litigation Associate, Arnold & Porter (now: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar), Washington, DC, 2000-2002
Judicial service
- Clerk to the Hon. D. Brooks Smith, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Duncansville, PA, 2002-2003
- Judge, District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania, PA, 2020-present
- judge
Education
- Princeton University · cum laude, 1997
- Cornell University · cum laude, 2000
Personal record
Born 1975 · Pittsburgh, PA
Courtroom rules and guidance
Civil Remote Testimony
In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.
For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court ↗
Criminal Recording And Broadcasting
Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.
Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
https://www.fjc.gov/node/8865281CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15351/christy-chriswell-wiegand/Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedureFederal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited
Judge research source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts